Monday, 16 June 2025 | 14:00 - 15:30
1.3 Scientific symposia: Bridging the gap: scaling up local bacteriology diagnostics manufacturing in Africa
Location:MH1Track:Scientific symposia
Chairs: Faridath Massou and Liselotte Hardy
The gap in bacteriology testing capacity in sub-Saharan Africa exposed: results from the MAAP study
Pascale Ondoa, Global Fund, Switzerland
Enhancing local manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa: reducing dependence on imports for healthcare resilience
Abebe Genetu, Africa CDC, Ethiopia
Laboratory-on-a-ship, an EDCTP2-financed pilot study on local production of culture media in Benin
Dissou Affolabi, Laboratoire Référence Mycobacteriologie, Benin